alto dos gaios - Atlético Rugby Sintrense

The referee's whistle blows to signal the end of the match. Victory to the home side in a 45 - 0 win.

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Penalty for Atlético Rugby Sintrense. Alexandre Queirós lines it up but its a long way out and it just doesn't have the legs.

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Bernardo Eira is brought down hard! The defence are all over him, but he's holding on in hopes of support arriving. The ref blows for a penalty to Atlético Rugby Sintrense. You just can't hang onto the ball after you've been tackled like that.

Alexandre Queirós takes the kickoff, launching the ball high into the air over alto dos gaios stadium. Ricardo Rocha positions himself well, and takes the ball in the air right in front of Adolfo Alcobia. Good hands from the alto dos gaios player there.

On the halfway line, Ernesto Carvalho runs straight at Santiago Vieira, handing him off strongly before offloading to Ivo Pereira. The defence is there in numbers, but he spins out of Baltasar Antunes's tackle, then spins the other way, avoiding Marcelo Teixeira as well. The fans are on their feet as he passes to César Duarte just inside Atlético Rugby Sintrense's 22 metre line! He pins his ears back and sprints for the line, getting there before the defence can cover him, and dives over for a well-worked 5 points!

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The ball is loose and bouncing around.. The ball takes a lucky bounce straight into the welcoming arms of a alto dos gaios player.

Alexandre Queirós takes the kickoff, launching the ball high into the air over alto dos gaios stadium. Ricardo Rocha positions himself well, and takes the ball in the air right in front of Saúl Eduardo. Good hands from the alto dos gaios player there.

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The conversion is missed, though.

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Try time ! A beautiful phase of play from alto dos gaios. The ball goes from Bernardo Eira to Ivo Pereira and on to Ernesto Carvalho, who is running in support. There is nothing to stop him as he crashes over the line with a big smile on his face !

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Scrum for Atlético Rugby Sintrense. It's a good feed, but alto dos gaios put in a mighty shove. They're pushing Atlético Rugby Sintrense off the ball. They've taken one against the head. Fabulous work by the alto dos gaios front row!

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alto dos gaios can't seem to get their act together as Francisco Santos drops Bernardo Eira's pass before their attack even has a chance to get going.

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The Atlético Rugby Sintrense hooker throws to Adolfo Alcobia as he jumps in the middle of the line, Francisco Garcia has gone up to contest and has stolen it! That's a blow for Atlético Rugby Sintrense and they are scrambling to reset themselves defensively here.

Alexandre Queirós takes the kickoff, launching the ball high into the air over alto dos gaios stadium. Francisco Garcia positions himself well, and takes the ball in the air right in front of João Esteves. Good hands from the alto dos gaios player there.

Superb work there by forwards and backs alike! Ivo Pereira sends the ball to Francisco Garcia who carries it on before passing on to Ernesto Carvalho. He spots that he has an overlap outside, draws in a defender and then passes to Nélson Carvalho. There's nobody between him and the try line, and he sprints in for a well-worked try.

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Oooh! That's not a good kick from Alexandre Queirós, i'm not sure it will make it to the ten meter line..The crowd here at alto dos gaios stadium hold their breath..
Ivo Pereira takes the ball just inches over the ten meter mark. Alexandre Queirós got away with that one after all!

On the halfway line, Francisco Garcia runs straight at Frederico Reis, handing him off strongly before offloading to Tomás Viana. The defence is there in numbers, but he spins out of Eliseu Viana's tackle, then spins the other way, avoiding João Esteves as well. The fans are on their feet as he passes to Ernesto Carvalho just inside Atlético Rugby Sintrense's 22 metre line! He pins his ears back and sprints for the line, getting there before the defence can cover him, and dives over for a well-worked 5 points!

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alto dos gaios have retained possession as their players were quick and picked up the loose ball. They'll be able to attack again

Alexandre Queirós takes the kickoff, launching the ball high into the air over alto dos gaios stadium. Ivo Pereira positions himself well, and takes the ball in the air right in front of Baltasar Antunes. Good hands from the alto dos gaios player there.

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The conversion is missed, though.

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Superb work there by forwards and backs alike! Ricardo Rocha sends the ball to Tomás Viana who carries it on before passing on to Francisco Garcia. He spots that he has an overlap outside, draws in a defender and then passes to David Xavier. There's nobody between him and the try line, and he sprints in for a well-worked try.

Try to alto dos gaios. Great show of strength there by the flanker, bringing the score to 20 - 0. Francisco Garcia picks up the ball from the base of the ruck a couple of metres from the tryline, he drives at the line and carries Santiago Vieira and Camilo Xavier over the tryline with him.

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alto dos gaios have retained possession as their players were quick and picked up the loose ball. They'll be able to attack again

Alexandre Queirós takes the kickoff, launching the ball high into the air over alto dos gaios stadium. Ivo Pereira positions himself well, and takes the ball in the air right in front of Saúl Eduardo. Good hands from the alto dos gaios player there.

Atlético Rugby Sintrense will need to close the gap if they want to take anything from this game.

Alexandre Queirós takes the kickoff, launching the ball high into the air over alto dos gaios stadium. Francisco Garcia positions himself well, and takes the ball in the air right in front of Santiago Vieira. Good hands from the alto dos gaios player there.

Try time ! A beautiful phase of play from alto dos gaios. The ball goes from Bernardo Eira to David Xavier and on to Vítor Crespo, who is running in support. There is nothing to stop him as he crashes over the line with a big smile on his face !

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It's a scrum to alto dos gaios. It's wheeling around as the ball is fed in, but alto dos gaios still win the ball.

Good lineout for alto dos gaios. The hooker finds his man perfectly, and Tomás Viana wins the ball in the air.

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Nice breakthrough by João Esteves who gets low and charges. He cannons into Vítor Crespo like a stampeding bull, but Vítor Crespo wraps him up and manages to bring him down. Looks like we finally know what happens when an irresistible force meets an immovable object.

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Bernardo Eira gets penalised for not rolling away. You have to at least make an effort to release the player tackled! Refs are so hot on that these days. Penalty for Atlético Rugby Sintrense.

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Atlético Rugby Sintrense's scrum half is smashed by Bernardo Eira. That run was so telegraphed that the postal service want to charge him for it!

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The referee calls ruck. But two players from alto dos gaios go straight off their feet and over the ball. It's blatant, and referees have been told to clamp down on that. Penalty to Atlético Rugby Sintrense.

Alexandre Queirós signals to his forwards to stay behind the ball and sends a hanging kick in their direction. Both Saúl Eduardo and Ricardo Rocha jump for the catch, but both players have misjudged the flight of the ball and it sails over their heads. Ricardo Rocha is the first to react, scooping up the loose ball on the first bounce.

Francisco Garcia fends off the tackle from Henrique Almeida. He runs a few meters and passes to David Xavier, who is running flat out at the defense. Great ball, right on his chest. Atlético Rugby Sintrense aren't in a position to stop him, and David Xavier dives over the try line unhindered.

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alto dos gaios have retained possession as their players were quick and picked up the loose ball. They'll be able to attack again

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Nice breakthrough by Mauro Paço D'Arcos who gets low and charges. He cannons into Virgílio Viegas like a stampeding bull, but Virgílio Viegas wraps him up and manages to bring him down. Looks like we finally know what happens when an irresistible force meets an immovable object.

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alto dos gaios have retained possession as their players were quick and picked up the loose ball. They'll be able to attack again

It's a scrum to alto dos gaios. It's wheeling around as the ball is fed in, but alto dos gaios still win the ball.

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Atlético Rugby Sintrense can't seem to get their act together as Santiago Vieira drops Henrique Almeida's pass before their attack even has a chance to get going.

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The referee calls ruck. But two players from alto dos gaios go straight off their feet and over the ball. It's blatant, and referees have been told to clamp down on that. Penalty to Atlético Rugby Sintrense.

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alto dos gaios have an overlap on the right. Looks like they've spotted it too. Ricardo Rocha fires a quick pass off to Tomás Viana who flicks the ball on to Ivo Pereira. He's rushed the pass though, and the ball evades the grasp of Ivo Pereira. That was a good scoring opportunity gone to waste.

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Oooh! That's not a good kick from David Xavier, i'm not sure it will make it to the ten meter line..The crowd here at alto dos gaios stadium hold their breath..
Ricardo Rocha takes the ball just inches over the ten meter mark. David Xavier got away with that one after all!

14:56

The game is going to start in a couple of minutes.

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The referee's whistle blows to signal the end of the match. Victory to the home side in a 45 - 0 win.

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Penalty for Atlético Rugby Sintrense. Alexandre Queirós lines it up but its a long way out and it just doesn't have the legs.

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Bernardo Eira is brought down hard! The defence are all over him, but he's holding on in hopes of support arriving. The ref blows for a penalty to Atlético Rugby Sintrense. You just can't hang onto the ball after you've been tackled like that.

Alexandre Queirós takes the kickoff, launching the ball high into the air over alto dos gaios stadium. Ricardo Rocha positions himself well, and takes the ball in the air right in front of Adolfo Alcobia. Good hands from the alto dos gaios player there.

Alexandre Queirós takes the kickoff, launching the ball high into the air over alto dos gaios stadium. Ricardo Rocha positions himself well, and takes the ball in the air right in front of Saúl Eduardo. Good hands from the alto dos gaios player there.

Scrum for Atlético Rugby Sintrense. It's a good feed, but alto dos gaios put in a mighty shove. They're pushing Atlético Rugby Sintrense off the ball. They've taken one against the head. Fabulous work by the alto dos gaios front row!

The Atlético Rugby Sintrense hooker throws to Adolfo Alcobia as he jumps in the middle of the line, Francisco Garcia has gone up to contest and has stolen it! That's a blow for Atlético Rugby Sintrense and they are scrambling to reset themselves defensively here.

Alexandre Queirós takes the kickoff, launching the ball high into the air over alto dos gaios stadium. Francisco Garcia positions himself well, and takes the ball in the air right in front of João Esteves. Good hands from the alto dos gaios player there.

Oooh! That's not a good kick from Alexandre Queirós, i'm not sure it will make it to the ten meter line..The crowd here at alto dos gaios stadium hold their breath..
Ivo Pereira takes the ball just inches over the ten meter mark. Alexandre Queirós got away with that one after all!

Alexandre Queirós takes the kickoff, launching the ball high into the air over alto dos gaios stadium. Ivo Pereira positions himself well, and takes the ball in the air right in front of Baltasar Antunes. Good hands from the alto dos gaios player there.

Alexandre Queirós takes the kickoff, launching the ball high into the air over alto dos gaios stadium. Ivo Pereira positions himself well, and takes the ball in the air right in front of Saúl Eduardo. Good hands from the alto dos gaios player there.

Alexandre Queirós takes the kickoff, launching the ball high into the air over alto dos gaios stadium. Francisco Garcia positions himself well, and takes the ball in the air right in front of Santiago Vieira. Good hands from the alto dos gaios player there.

The referee calls ruck. But two players from alto dos gaios go straight off their feet and over the ball. It's blatant, and referees have been told to clamp down on that. Penalty to Atlético Rugby Sintrense.

Alexandre Queirós signals to his forwards to stay behind the ball and sends a hanging kick in their direction. Both Saúl Eduardo and Ricardo Rocha jump for the catch, but both players have misjudged the flight of the ball and it sails over their heads. Ricardo Rocha is the first to react, scooping up the loose ball on the first bounce.

The referee calls ruck. But two players from alto dos gaios go straight off their feet and over the ball. It's blatant, and referees have been told to clamp down on that. Penalty to Atlético Rugby Sintrense.

Oooh! That's not a good kick from David Xavier, i'm not sure it will make it to the ten meter line..The crowd here at alto dos gaios stadium hold their breath..
Ricardo Rocha takes the ball just inches over the ten meter mark. David Xavier got away with that one after all!